Patents Examined by Amjad Abraham
  • Patent number: 12680106
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for enhancing the resistance of plants, particularly wheat and triticale plants to stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici are provided. The compositions comprise nucleic acid molecules encoding resistance (R) gene products and variants thereof and plants, seeds, and plant cells comprising such nucleic acid molecules. The methods for enhancing the resistance of a plant to stem rust comprise introducing a nucleic acid molecule encoding an R gene product into a plant cell. Additionally provided are methods for using the resistant plants in agriculture to limit stem rust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION
    Inventors: Peter Norman Dodds, Timothy Charles Hewitt, Rohit Mago, Narayana Mithur Upadhyaya
  • Patent number: 12677782
    Abstract: The invention provides plants of the basil cultivar designated ‘PAS1713599’. The invention thus relates to the plants, cells, plant parts, and tissue cultures of the cultivar ‘PAS1713599’, and to methods for producing a basil plant produced by crossing a basil plant of cultivar ‘PAS1713599’ with another basil plant, such as a plant of another cultivar. The invention further relates to basil seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of cultivar ‘PAS1713599’ with plants of another cultivar. The invention further relates to the genetic complements and hybrid genetic complements of plants of cultivar ‘PAS1713599’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventors: James R. Irvine, Jr., Jhamna Magsig Castillo
  • Patent number: 12677777
    Abstract: According to the disclosure, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH010504. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CH010504, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH010504 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The disclosure further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH010504.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Pragya Adhikari, Fufa H. Birru, Christian J. Buffard, Rafael A Mateo, Silvano Assanga Ocheya
  • Patent number: 12672619
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are markers which are associated with chilling tolerance and provide for breeding methods to identify such plants to integrate this trait into cereal plants and further to identify analogous markers in other cereal plants. Importantly, these markers are not linked with deleterious traits such as tall plant height or tannin content, providing for the creation of plant varieties and elite plant varieties with chilling tolerance, dwarf plant height and lack of tannins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Geoffrey P. Morris, Terry Felderhoff, Sandeep Marla
  • Patent number: 12672631
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PNKV67 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PNKV67, cells from soybean variety 5PNKV67, plants of soybean 5PNKV67, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PNKV67. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PNKV67 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PNKV67, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PNKV67, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PNKV67. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PNKV67 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Andrea Beth Kalvig, Donald Kyle
  • Patent number: 12674176
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: David Charles Cerf, Steven D Gruver, Lu Liu, Young-Jun Park, Ute Schellenberger, Jun-Zhi Wei, Weiping Xie, Genhai Zhu
  • Patent number: 12672628
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 28040501 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 28040501, to the plants of soybean cultivar 28040501, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 28040501, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 28040501. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 28040501. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 28040501, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 28040501 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 12672630
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 24360405 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 24360405, to the plants of soybean cultivar 24360405, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 24360405, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 24360405. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 24360405. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 24360405, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 24360405 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 12667072
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PYQZ07 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PYQZ07, cells from soybean variety 5PYQZ07, plants of soybean 5PYQZ07, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PYQZ07. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PYQZ07 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PYQZ07, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PYQZ07, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PYQZ07. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PYQZ07 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Randy Leroy Kallem, Andrea Beth Kalvig
  • Patent number: 12667074
    Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated 5PDZJ04 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PDZJ04, cells from soybean variety 5PDZJ04, plants of soybean 5PDZJ04, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PDZJ04. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PDZJ04 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PDZJ04, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PDZJ04, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PDZJ04. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PDZJ04 are further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Reese Hemingway, Andrea Beth Kalvig, John Gerard Van Herk
  • Patent number: 12660781
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 22060463 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 22060463, to the plants of soybean cultivar 22060463, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 22060463, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 22060463. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 22060463. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 22060463, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 22060463 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: Monsanto Technology LLC, Stine Seed Farm, Inc.
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 12660782
    Abstract: The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01106494. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01106494. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01106494 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01106494 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Braun, Joseph Jedlicka, Benjamin B. Stewart-Brown
  • Patent number: 12660788
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tomato plant which is resistant to ToBRFV. A Tobamovirus resistant tomato plant of the present invention is with loss of function for a SlTOM1a gene, a SlTOM1c gene, and a SlTOM1d gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignees: National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Takii & Company Limited
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Ishibashi, Akihito Kano
  • Patent number: 12660779
    Abstract: According to the disclosure, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV699629. The disclosure thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of the variety CV699629, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV699629 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The disclosure further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV699629 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The disclosure further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV699629.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jon Popi, Carlos Roman, Bradley A. Sockness
  • Patent number: 12653131
    Abstract: New soybean variety designated ‘10020889166’ is a soybean variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: GDM Argentina S.A.
    Inventors: Marcos Quiroga Guiraldes, Ezequiel Eduardo Pozzo San Martin, Eduardo Irusta
  • Patent number: 12653128
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inbred com line designated KIJ7466, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line KIJ7466 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line KIJ7466, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line KIJ7466, and plants produced according to these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection AG
    Inventor: Thomas Joseph Prest
  • Patent number: 12655442
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein having the amino acid sequence as depicted in SEQ ID NO:10, and sequences having at least 70% sequence identity with this amino acid sequence and conferring self-compatibility to a potato plant is provided. Also provided is a transformed plant and parts thereof that comprise the nucleic acid sequence, along with related methods for the selection and production of a plant comprising the nucleic acid sequence. Food products prepared from such plants are also provided. The plants provided herein may further comprise at least one allele of each of a Phytophtera infestans resistance gene selected from S. avilesii 478-2 Rpi*-avl1, S. tarinjense 852-5 Rpi-tar1, S. chacoense 543-5 Rpi-chc1, and S. venturii 283-1 Rpi-vnt1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Agventure B.V.
    Inventors: Ate Van Der Burgt, Ernst-Jan Eggers, Michiel Erik De Vries, Adriaan Willem Van Heusden, Willem Hendrik Lindhout
  • Patent number: 12648538
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cotton variety, designated 11PJUW91, the plants and seeds of the cotton variety 11PJUW91, methods for producing a cotton plant, either varietal or hybrid, produced by crossing the cotton variety 11PJUW91 with itself or with another cotton plant, hybrid cotton seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 11PJUW91 with another cotton variety or plan, methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic cotton plants produced by that method. This disclosure also relates to cotton varieties derived from cotton variety 11PJUW91, to methods for producing other cotton varieties derived from cotton variety 11PJUW91, and to the varieties derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Inventor: Mustafa G. Mcpherson
  • Patent number: 12648534
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 24370074 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 24370074, to the plants of soybean cultivar 24370074, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 24370074, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 24370074. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 24370074. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 24370074, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 24370074 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: M.S. Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Justin T. Mason
  • Patent number: 12648530
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to seedless fruit producing watermelon. The present invention also comprises methods for production of said plants and methods for producing seedless watermelon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: Nunhems B.V.
    Inventors: Daniel Puglisi, Alberto Sirizzotti, Courtney Hu, Mona Mazaheri